Saint Patrick's Day Cloze

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St. Patrick’s Day St. Patrick’s Day is a ______honoring Saint Patrick. People wear ______colored clothing and some women wear green ______in their hair. People who don’t wear green clothing get ______as a punishment. People also wear ______, which are a symbol of Ireland. As well, there are ______on the streets and sometimes people ______the rivers green.

Saint Patrick ______Patrick is the patron saint of ______. According to ______, Saint Patrick was ______in Britain and then ______by pirates and sold as a ______in Ireland. He escaped with the help of an ______and then lived in a ______for twelve years before going back to Ireland. When he returned to Ireland he performed many ______. According to one myth, Saint Patrick got rid of all of the ______in Ireland.

Leprechauns A leprechaun is an Irish ______. They are very ______and like to make ______. If you catch a leprechaun, they can tell you where a ______is. But be careful, If you take your ______off of them for an instant, they ______.